Crime

A sweep for people with outstanding family violence warrants yielded nine arrests, according to the Dane County Sheriff's Office.

Wednesday's sweep was part of the 11th annual Family Violence Apprehension Detail spanning 20 states. Sixteen Dane County deputies worked in teams throughout the day making 94 attempts to locate those with outstanding warrants.

Officers pulled over a bus after police received a complaint of a person armed with a gun.

The Madison Police Department said it stopped a Madison Metro bus at about 7:25 p.m. Tuesday.

According to the report, a woman on the bus had been involved in a disturbance at the Park Street McDonald's earlier. Police said Ericka S. Garrett, 25, of Madison, allegedly threatened to pull a gun at the restaurant after she was asked multiple times to leave by the manager.

The manager wanted her out because the woman was yelling at another patron and threatening violence, according to the report.

Garrett told police she had gotten angry when another patron, a woman she didn't know, made disparaging remarks about her looks and hair. Police said she was not armed when arrested.

A roomful of diners at the Bonfyre American Grille, 2601 W. Beltline Highway, had meals temporarily interrupted as a hammer-wielding shirtless man dashed past their tables Tuesday.

The Madison Police Department said moments earlier, the man with the hammer had broken a dining table inside nearby Silver Mine Subs after jumping on top of it. He was chasing after another man, and the pursuit included four to five laps around a restaurant island.

Diners told police the shirtless man's trousers were seriously sagging and his upper buttocks area was nearly exposed.

Police later identified the man being chased as Demetrius Smith, 18, of Madison.

Smith ran down a hallway and locked himself in a conference room. The shirtless man grabbed a booster seat and banged on conference room glass before making his exit through Bonfyre's main dining room. The sub shop, the conference room, and the restaurant are all in the same building.